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]]> By: lordchade http://www.radioopensource.org/passion-ikea/#comment-89285 lordchade Wed, 11 Jul 2007 10:33:27 +0000 http://www.radioopensource.org/?p=1074#comment-89285 I'm from Sweden and just feel that I need to give a short account of how we see IKEA here "at home"... When I grew up we lived a couple of km's from an IKEA store, and our home was almost completely furnished from IKEA. Back in the 80's there was often missing screws and other smaller detail, but as it was never a problem to get them replaced at the store and the store was just a walk with the dog away, we didn't mind... Today the missing-screw-problem is almost gone, in my experience, and me and my girlfriend have bought almost all our furniture at IKEA, including a complete (but rather small) kitchen. As chance would have it, we live just a few km's from (a completely different) IKEA store now as well... ;) Anyway - all our (upper?) midclass IT-professional friends (in their 30's) have IKEA as their main source of new furniture... It's cheap, it's easy to transport back home, it's really not that complicated to assembly, and it's good looking! And the quality is mostly very good. I have a desk (ok - solid wood with steel legs) that's been with me for about 12 years, and a bookshelf (not solid wood) that's been around for almost as long... I can understand the frustration when something doesn't fit , or some parts are missing, if you live hundreds of miles away from the store, but - at least in Sweden - IKEA ALWAYS helps you fix it and replaces all damaged parts without question. I’m from Sweden and just feel that I need to give a short account of how we see IKEA here “at home”…

When I grew up we lived a couple of km’s from an IKEA store, and our home was almost completely furnished from IKEA. Back in the 80′s there was often missing screws and other smaller detail, but as it was never a problem to get them replaced at the store and the store was just a walk with the dog away, we didn’t mind…

Today the missing-screw-problem is almost gone, in my experience, and me and my girlfriend have bought almost all our furniture at IKEA, including a complete (but rather small) kitchen. As chance would have it, we live just a few km’s from (a completely different) IKEA store now as well… ;)

Anyway – all our (upper?) midclass IT-professional friends (in their 30′s) have IKEA as their main source of new furniture… It’s cheap, it’s easy to transport back home, it’s really not that complicated to assembly, and it’s good looking! And the quality is mostly very good. I have a desk (ok – solid wood with steel legs) that’s been with me for about 12 years, and a bookshelf (not solid wood) that’s been around for almost as long…

I can understand the frustration when something doesn’t fit , or some parts are missing, if you live hundreds of miles away from the store, but – at least in Sweden – IKEA ALWAYS helps you fix it and replaces all damaged parts without question.

]]> By: Taueret http://www.radioopensource.org/passion-ikea/#comment-89284 Taueret Wed, 04 Jul 2007 09:47:52 +0000 http://www.radioopensource.org/?p=1074#comment-89284 I live near Sydney, Australia. We recently furnished just about an entire house with Ikea. Getting it all together was hard work (picture me and my husband pulling THREE heavily laden truck trolleys between us, with a small baby and preschooler in tow), getting it to our home was not too bad (we paid for delivery which was worth it for as much stuff as we bought). Assembling it was THE WORST- mostly because I had to do it alone, with kids around. Nevertheless, it's all nice, solid furniture. I like the clean lines, etc. With kids in the family, it's appropriate furnishing- but I wouldn't call it shaky or poorly designed. I should also mention that I find nice, simple furniture almost impossible to find here- unless you are willing to pay something crazy like $2000 AUD for a coffee table. I live near Sydney, Australia. We recently furnished just about an entire house with Ikea. Getting it all together was hard work (picture me and my husband pulling THREE heavily laden truck trolleys between us, with a small baby and preschooler in tow), getting it to our home was not too bad (we paid for delivery which was worth it for as much stuff as we bought). Assembling it was THE WORST- mostly because I had to do it alone, with kids around. Nevertheless, it’s all nice, solid furniture. I like the clean lines, etc. With kids in the family, it’s appropriate furnishing- but I wouldn’t call it shaky or poorly designed. I should also mention that I find nice, simple furniture almost impossible to find here- unless you are willing to pay something crazy like $2000 AUD for a coffee table.

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